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The kingmakers of Aramoko-Ekiti, Ekiti State, yesterday appealed to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, to intervene in the protracted course of of choosing a brand new Alara of Aramoko-Ekiti, which they stated had remained suspended for six months.
The kingmakers, underneath the Alara-in-Council, urged the Ooni to prevail on Governor Biodun Oyebanji to permit them to reconvene and conclude the choice course of, warning that the extended emptiness was affecting conventional actions and producing restiveness amongst youths in the group.
In an announcement signed by the Head of kingmakers, Julius Oladiran Adebayo, and the Secretary, Kolade Oyebade, often known as Sajowa, the council stated the intervention of the foremost Yoruba conventional ruler would assist defend the group’s cultural heritage and chieftaincy traditions.
The kingmakers stated the choice course of started in April 2026 in accordance with the Alara of Aramoko Chieftaincy Declaration and the Ekiti State Chieftaincy Law.
According to the assertion, three princes have been shortlisted by Ifa divination carried out by Baba Araba Elebuibon, after which voting by the 12 kingmakers ended in a tie, with six votes every.
The council stated a second spherical of voting was anticipated to resolve the impasse however alleged that the method was suspended by the state Commissioner for Chieftaincy Affairs, leaving the group with no new conventional ruler six months after the train started.
“However, six months later, the process remains suspended after the Honourable Commissioner for Chieftaincy Affairs postponed it. Our letters to the government have not received a response,” the kingmakers stated.
Appealing on to the Ooni, the council described Aramoko-Ekiti as a group with deep historic and cultural ties to Ile-Ife, the ancestral house of the Yoruba individuals.
“As a town founded by descendants of Oduduwa, Aramoko-Ekiti shares an unbroken cultural and spiritual bond with Ile-Ife. Our customs, our crown, and our chieftaincy rites all emanate from Ife,” the assertion stated.
The kingmakers added that the Alara stool was greater than a neighborhood conventional establishment, describing it as a part of the broader Yoruba cultural heritage underneath the religious and cultural affect of the Ooni.
“Kabiyesi, we are constrained to run to you as our father and the custodian of Yoruba culture. The stool of Alara remains vacant. Our youths are restive. Our traditional festivals and rites cannot hold,” they stated.
They urged the Ooni to make use of his affect to steer Governor Oyebanji to authorise the rapid resumption of the choice course of and allow the kingmakers to finish their project in accordance with the regulation.
“We therefore beg Kabiyesi Onirisa to please use your revered office to appeal to Governor Oyebanji to kindly grant permission for the kingmakers to reconvene immediately and complete the selection,” the assertion added.
The council expressed confidence that the intervention would result in a peaceable decision, whereas interesting to the governor to respect the relevant legal guidelines and traditions governing the collection of the brand new Alara.
